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| Airport at Kansas town evacuated when inert grenade found in luggage | |
| 2008-01-17 | |
| A regional airport was evacuated and locked down for three hours because an inactive hand grenade was found in a traveler's carry-on bag. The grenade, which had been emptied of explosive and disarmed so it could be used for decoration or display, was found Tuesday by security screeners at Hays Regional Airport. "They moved the bag from the terminal and, upon further inspection, determined what looked like a grenade was a grenade, but it was inert," said Assistant Police Chief Philip Hartsfield. "Obviously this item should never have been carried on the airport." Airport officials said they believe the traveler, who was later allowed to board a flight, had put the grenade in the bag by accident.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 i wonder the mind think that would be in place to come to the conclusion that an inert object that is in no way a weapon and in no manner illegal to possess would 'obviously never to be carried in an airport' good god... maybe we should obviously not bring peanut butter to the airport. after all there are people who have fatal allergic reactions to the mere smell of it. |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2008-01-17 17:01 |
| #4 Thats what it sounds like Redneck Jim - barely made the morning news. Nimble Spemble, it is Hays Kansas so not very many :) Probably look more like a bus stop to y'all. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-01-17 11:23 |
| #3 I've seen those Grenades at offices with a sign "Complaint Dept, Take a number", and a tag with '1' on the pin, probably the same thing. (Had one at the DMV last time I was there) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-01-17 09:31 |
| #2 "Obviously this item should never have been carried on the airport." Not obvious to me. A gallon of gasoline poses a lot more danger that that hunk of metal. Howmany people drive through that airport with gas? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-01-17 07:20 |
| #1 carried on the airport? what is this? Somalinet? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-01-17 06:24 |